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In response to "I think this guy is crazy, you? New iPod Touch signals the end of AT&T's exclusivity because it can do video calls and Skype -- (link)" by oblique

I think the success of Android is what spells the end of AT&T exclusivity for iPhone.

Posted by TWuG Aug 13 '10, 07:24

iPhone runs the risk of irrelevancy if Apple waits to break exclusivity for too long.

Android will set the expectations for what a smart phone should be in the consumer's mind and Apple will have to exceed that to succeed.

Apple is approaching the point where "It's an iPhone! An *iPhone*!" won't carry enough weight to overcome a par-for-the-course OS and hardware.

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Just like the Apple PC in the 80s. IBM clones were sold by many, Apple held on tight to it's technology. Apple Fail! - I'm Bacon Aug 13, 07:27 1
- They've done quite well building a desktop/laptop business because PCs still have issues that Apples don't. - TWuG Aug 13, 07:42
I think we're already there. The iPhone 4 release should have been non-exclusive (and without the antenna and white option availability problems) - oblique Aug 13, 07:27

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I think the success of Android is what spells the end of AT&T exclusivity for iPhone.

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